Sentences with phrase «experience of other districts»

«We'll watch to see the experience of other districts in the state.»
This has not been the common experience of other districts with magnet - school programs.
That is, we ignore what actually occurred in a given district and instead calculate what would have been expected to occur based on the experiences of all other districts with similar characteristics experiencing the same kind of reform.
As interest and participation in teacher working conditions initiatives grow, the opportunity to create responses based on the experiences of other districts familiar with working conditions reforms increases exponentially.
Based on RFA's research on Philadelphia's prior experience with governance changes and diverse providers, the experiences of other districts, and an examination of the relevant literature, key considerations include funding, management capacity, accountability, choice and equity, and politics.

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Mark Zimmerman, a senior advisor at Toronto's MaRS Discovery District, says there was once a dearth of money, capital and people who had experience to help coach or advise others.
Follow - up posts described historical experiences and compared the relative stability of the US and Canadian 19th century branching systems: Canadian banks demonstrated a much higher level of financial resilience thanks to their ability to open branches nationwide, compared to the great instability and recurrent crises experienced by large US state banks — whose ability to open branches in other states or districts was severely constrained by law — and later «unit» banks, which were not allowed to open branches altogether.
That kind of investigative journalistic experience comes in very handy when taking on the explosive topic he addresses today: are big food service management companies (FSMC's) like Chartwells, Aramark and Sodexo passing on to school districts — as required by law — the millions of dollars in rebates and «volume discounts» they receive from food manufacturers like Kellogg's, Pepperidge Farm and others?
Ts» o said she has sent her boys to other types of summer camp programs including park district and day - care camps and nothing has compared with the hands - on, educational experience of the junior college atmosphere.
«One of the managers had twenty years of experience, and the other two had over thirty of experience here in the district,» said Whiting.
Along with other stakeholders we were fortunate to experience the energy and excitement of #NSBW18 ourselves, and to see the direct impact of our breakfast - in - the - classroom grants in districts around the state.
What I liked best about this format for presenting information was the «360 degree» perspective it offered: Casey gave the issue a framework, with useful advice on how to persuade principals and administrators to implement in - classroom breakfast programs; Nora followed, sharing her personal story with using free / reduced programs when her children were young, and stressing the importance of taking care of «the whole child»; Rosario charmed the crowd with her experiences implementing in - classroom breakfast in her district, sharing a story about how excited her kids got about breakfast after a power outage — not how excited they were about the return of electricity, but about getting breakfast; Barry inspired the group by explaining how he took his successes as a school food director as a springboard to a new career as a consultant, replicating and spreading that success in other classrooms.
Simon, who has served as Democratic District Leader and State Committeewoman with extensive experience on issues like Atlantic Yards and the Gowanus Expressway, scored the endorsement of the New York Times as well as NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Assemblymember Joan Millman, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and many others.
Her other political experiences include secretary for Queens County 32nd Assembly District; part of the Democratic National Committee; and district leader to Queens County 32nd Assembly District; delegate to Democratic National Convention; majority whip, New York State Assembly; and chair of the Queens County Democratic CoDistrict; part of the Democratic National Committee; and district leader to Queens County 32nd Assembly District; delegate to Democratic National Convention; majority whip, New York State Assembly; and chair of the Queens County Democratic Codistrict leader to Queens County 32nd Assembly District; delegate to Democratic National Convention; majority whip, New York State Assembly; and chair of the Queens County Democratic CoDistrict; delegate to Democratic National Convention; majority whip, New York State Assembly; and chair of the Queens County Democratic Committee.
Recently, CVH released a statement with dozens of high profile New York elected officials and other allies, such as District Council 37 and Transit Workers Union Local 100, calling for the expansion of the Transitional Jobs program in New York City and the termination of the Work Experience Program.
Yes, he brings glitz and money to the tail - end of the campaign, but no where near the actual experience and abilities that some of the other candidates - all of whom have actually lived in the district for years - have earned from years in the trenches of local politics.
«Some districts may be experiencing more joy than others this morning,» said Julie Marlette, director of governmental relations for the New York State School Boards Association.
Gonzalez faced stiff competition from the other Democrats, several of whom, like Gonzalez, had extensive experience in the Brooklyn District Attorney's office and progressive agendas.
Researchers from NYU Langone's Department of Population Health will evaluate these services so that the NYC Department of Education and other urban school districts can continue to improve on efforts to provide high - quality family - centered educational experiences to all children.
He has experience in the review of environmental conditions and remediation technology at major uranium districts in the USA, Canada and eastern Germany as well as other metal mines, particularly in North America.
While the schools in our district are not far apart in terms of distance, it is often difficult for them to make connections with each other even though we have the best intentions and we all realize the potential for increased engagement when we do facilitate these experiences.
The validity of our design relies on the idea that districts that experienced sudden increases in school spending right after the passage of a court - ordered SFR were not already improving in other ways in exactly those same years.
It stipulated that a teacher coming into the system from any other school district (either public or private) could not be given salary credit for more than five years of previous teaching experience.
As in most other school districts, the teachers in higher - poverty schools in our sample have fewer years of experience than their counterparts in lower - poverty schools (11.8 years vs. 14.0 years).
This could reflect increased classroom disruption, consistent with critical accounts of experiences in some other districts attempting to reduce suspension rates.
What are the experiences of children, families, teachers, and other providers in districts that have moved towards personalized systems?
Our most experienced facilitators provide direct classroom modeling, observations, and other coaching and support to guarantee the highest level of 6 +1 Trait Writing implementation throughout a building or district.
And turnaround schools, both in Chicago and in other urban districts like Philadelphia, are experiencing significant enrollment loss — driven largely by the rapid expansion of charter high schools — that in some ways hinders improvement.
For this analysis, we compared TFA teachers with one or two years of experience with other teachers in the district with the same amount of experience.
Chicago's experience with accountability provides some lessons for other districts and states as they begin to implement the mandates of No Child Left Behind.
Coming out of these experiences, Public Impact identified early lessons for other districts, including the importance of:
«Today, the White House Summit validates the hard work of school board members, students, parents and educators in Rochester City and Hillsborough County, and other districts that have played a leading role in using technology to strengthen the high school academic experience,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards Association (NSBA).
With its state - run Recovery School District in place since 2005 to intervene in low - performing schools, Louisiana also has more experience at intervening in large numbers of schools than most other states.
The lawyers of the firm have more collective experience dealing with the legal issues confronting school districts than any other firm in the State and presently provide legal advice to more than two - thirds of the State's public school districts.
School districts looking to build their benches of highly qualified principals might consider rethinking two other important jobs: assistant principals and principal supervisors, based on the experience of Prince George's County, Md..
Based on our experience and the application of these concepts by colleagues in other districts and states, implementing global education enables students — regardless of socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, or language — to find success in the areas celebrated most by educators.
Whether you work in a school, district, university, educational institution, or other learning organization, you'll learn how to infuse leadership, collaboration, communication, and capacity building with a deep understanding of individuals» experiences and capacities — and how they influence our day - to - day work.
As the City Council holds a hearing this afternoon on three resolutions aimed to cap and slow the co-location of public schools, district and charter school leaders who share facilities are speaking up about their experience co-locating with other public schools; collaboration, community building and putting kids first are recurring themes among all of them, demonstrating that educators know to check politics at the door.
TalentEdge will deliver hands - on, engaging learning and networking experiences through customer - led sessions, panel discussions, best practice sharing, and «birds of a feather» round table conversations, where attendees will learn from subject matter experts and each other, and leave refreshed and inspired to pursue their unique opportunities to contribute to and advance their school and district mission.
For context, like the earlier report, the brief also includes retention findings based on a representative sample of teachers with similar experience and teaching in the same districts as the residency teachers, but who were trained through other (non-TRP) programs.
But factoring in inflation and other rising costs and the impacts of earlier cuts, public districts are still cutting budgets, hiking class sizes and losing experienced professionals who have had enough.
In that plan, Evers sought hundreds of millions more in state spending and changes that would help school districts with high numbers of children living in poverty and mitigate school funding losses for districts experiencing enrollment decreases, among other measures.
Her most recent experience was as a principal in Marquardt School District 15 for eleven years at two schools where she created a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement while working with other principals and district leaders to support the district initDistrict 15 for eleven years at two schools where she created a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement while working with other principals and district leaders to support the district initdistrict leaders to support the district initdistrict initiatives.
Nearly four in 10 teachers report that they are interested in combining their classroom work with other roles or responsibilities in their school or district, including 46 percent of teachers with five or fewer years of experience.
Meaningful Student Involvement can happen in any location throughout education, including the classroom, the counselor's office, hallways, after school programs, district board of education offices, at the state or federal levels, and in other places that directly affect the students» experience of education.
A lack of oversight and confusion among several departments with little experience in understanding how affiliated charter school should operate, including school operations, school management services and budget services, lead the district to purchase textbooks, classroom furniture and other supplies for years on behalf of the autonomous schools.
Our experience extends to the areas of economic development corporations and municipal law, and in the representation of special purpose districts, cooperatives, shared service arrangements, utility districts, head start agencies, private schools, public and private colleges and universities, chambers of commerce, and education foundations as well as other nonprofit organizations.
CES worked with school districts and other entities to shape the policy conditions that support and promote schools characterized by personalization, democracy and equity, intellectual vitality and excellence, and graduates who experience success in all aspects of their lives: educational, professional, civic, and personal.
It also identifies some of the key lessons learned from the experience that might inform other district leaders seeking to develop a similar learning network.
William Bass, Innovation Coordinator for Instructional Technology, Information, and Library Media, Parkway School District, Chesterfield: Among his other systemic considerations to the meaningful adoption of technology, William Bass defines equity as access to content, access to equipment and devices, and equity of the experience a student will have in a classroom.
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